Date:  Sat, 25 Dec 1993 00:55:10 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ARIZVMS.BITNET>

Subject: Re: modren metathesis



Dennis (Preston, that is):

    Merry Christmas to you and all ADS-Lers! You are right about the

insidious assumption of uniformity in AAVE, even among those who do NOT hold

to the creole hypothesis. I may be one of the few who have published on,

and argued for recognition of, REGIONAL variation in the African American

community. To this day, differences are largely ignored although they are

very obvious. Why are they so consistently ignored? Is there a conspiracy?

I'll let someone else answer.

    Enjoy your holidays.

              Rudy Troike